EXPLORE THE 12 TECHNICAL CATEGORIES
1. POWER GENERATION
- Advancements in photovoltaic (PV) panels, organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs), concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) systems, product integrated photovoltaics (PIPVs), floatovoltaics
- Concentrated solar power technologies, power tower systems
- Advancements in solar trackers, inverters, and hybrid solar systems
- Using solar energy to power desalination plants
- Wind power generation
- Advancements in wind turbines and electric generators
- Developments in plant operation and maintenance, ageing management programmes (AMPs)
- Developments in nuclear reactors and nuclear fuels, SMRs
- Engineering, procurement, and construction of nuclear plants
- Advancements in R&D in nuclear sector
- Storage & supply chain capabilities
- Radioactive waste management
- Decommissioning and disposal, effective solutions for long-term nuclear waste disposal
- Ensuring power plant safety, protecting reactors from natural disasters and external accidents
- Policies and regulations
- Finance and Investments
- Project showcases
3. WATER DESALINATION
- Water pretreatment
- Reverse osmosis technologies, solar distillation, electrodialysis, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration, microfiltration
- Post-treatment remineralisation
- Storage & brine management
- Seawater desalination
- Optimum utilisation of post desalination recovery metals
- Chemicals for water treatment
- Low-carbon desalination
- Advancements in membranes, pumps, pipes, valves, and other equipment
- Advancements in multistage flash evaporation (MSF) methods and technologies
- Developments in multiple effect distillation (MED) methods and technologies
- Successful integration of various water desalination techniques
- Cost-effective strategies for water quality improvement
- Water post-treatment methods
- Water-energy-food nexus
- Project showcases
5. WASTEWATER RECYCLING, REUSING OR RECLAIMING
- Construction of wastewater treatment plants
- Decentralised wastewater systems
- Waste to energy
- Sanitary engineering, advancements in equipment and technologies
- Wastewater filtration systems and technology
- Optimisation of wastewater collection
- Advancements in wastewater treatment methods
- Usage of recycled wastewater
- Safe disposal of treated wastewater, sludge management
- Policies and regulations related to wastewater treatment
7. DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
- Digital twin, Industrial Internet of Things (IoT), connected performance
- Climate digital technologies
- Cyber, Information security & data privacy
- Drones deployment and 5G
- AI and data analytics in Utilities
- Robotics, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality
- Blockchain, Metaverse, cloud computing, enterprise mobility solutions
- Network optimisation, IT & OT convergence
9. POWER TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION & STORAGE
- Smart grid distribution management, grid balancing, ensuring load management flexibility, load shed strategies, integration of renewable energy into the grid, microgrids
- Substation automation technologies
- HVDC and FACTS technologies
- Off-grid renewable power generation supply
- Smart power and water grid network management, ensuring data interoperability, SCADA
- integration, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), systems scalability
- Developing wireless communication infrastructure, M2M communication, sensors
- Wired communication, advancements in cabling solutions and transmission lines
- Strategies to ensure economic, secure, and stable power and water supply
- Lithium-ion batteries in the grid storage market
- Alternative battery solutions - flow batteries, zinc batteries, lithium-sulphur batteries, sodium ion batteries, liquid metal batteries
- Storage implementation strategies, deriving utmost value from storage solutions
- Grid modernisation
- Advancements in smart grid technologies & grid security
- Substation automation, remote intelligent switch, battery storage
- Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs), grid stability, advanced meters, re-routing power
- Solid-state transformers and power flow controllers, adaptive networks
- Advancements in backup power, UPS systems, generators, and automated solutions
- Industrial power supply
- Tackling commercial and residential power outages
- Power backups
- Sustainability efforts in backup power generation
11. HEALTH, SAFETY & SECURITY ACROSS THE UTILITIES INDUSTRY
- Occupational safety
- Safety culture and safety management systems, security systems, human factors, and performance
- Role of leadership within health and safety
- Process safety
- Mental health and wellbeing, occupational health
- Innovation and digital technologies to improve health and safety, wearable technology
- Protecting power and water assets against natural disasters and unwanted intrusions; storm damage assessment and restoration; vegetation management; wildfire mitigation
- Ensuring fire safety, explosion protection
- Contingency plans, emergency preparedness and response, crisis management
- Assessing, managing, and mitigating safety and security risks
- The role of partnerships and regional cooperation in ensuring safety and security
2. ALTERNATIVE FUELS
- Advances in hydrogen production
- Advances in methanol and ammonia production
- Auto-Thermal Reforming (ATR)
- Coal and oil gasification to hydrogen
- Methane pyrolysis
- Hydrogen infrastructure, upgrading gas infrastructure for the use of hydrogen
- Technology for storage, liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs)
- Strategies to scale up hydrogen production and usage
- Hydrogen and ammonia applications and uses in the utilities sector
- Export of hydrogen and ammonia
- Thermal hydrogen production from nuclear
- Advancements in biomass production
- Bio-chemicals & biomaterials
- Biofuels technology innovations: BECCUS, waste-to-energy
- Bio-hubs: processing, storage, and transportation of biofuels
- Industrial Biofuels Development
- Agro-biomass as feedstock for power generation
- Biomass feedstocks in bio-methanol and rDME production
- Finance, investment & policy governance
- Project showcases
4. WATER MANAGEMENT, SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
- Integrated water resources management
- Hydrology and water resources
- Watershed management and protection
- Water use efficiency and optimisation
- Efficient solutions in district cooling
- Water demands for energy generation and vice-versa
- Modern Irrigation Technologies (Smart irrigation, precision agriculture, etc.)
- Water-energy-food nexus in irrigation
- Sustainable land and water management practices
- Water infrastructure, engineering & policy
- Water and network security
- Climate change and resilience
- Water conservation and efficiency
- Finance and Investment
6. DISTRICT COOLING
- Designing, owning, building, and operating district cooling plants
- Advancements in refrigerants, heat rejection methods and dehumidifying technologies; energy transfer systems
- Developments in meters, valves, and pumps
- New materials used in district cooling, the use of nanomaterials
- Integrating the alignment of analytics platform to existing building automation system (BAS), incorporating of variable frequency drives (VFDs)
- Leak detection: distributed temperature sensing (DTS) fibre optic cables, multimode leak detectors
- Adiabatic cooling & technology
- Optimising district cooling water and energy supplies
- Cooling grid management, energy storage, integration of renewable energy
- Distribution network
- Improving energy efficiency, advancements in technologies and R&D
- Preventative maintenance and operational excellence
8. SMART CITIES & COMMUNITIES
- Data space for smart communities
- Smart Meters, sensors, data mining, solar instrumentation, and user engagement
- Scaling e-mobility solutions
- Sustainable smart infrastructure solutions
- Battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs)
- EV supply equipment, 3D printing, micromobility
- Electric mobility as a service
- EV to grids, buildings, houses, other energy consuming destinations
- Smart heating and cooling systems, air quality monitors, weather sensors
- Reducing carbon emissions with sustainable transportation
- Electrotechnical systems, equipment and applications used to build and maintain smart cities and green buildings
- New energy systems - small-scale Combined Heat and Power (CHP) with heat storage, PV-driven heat pumps, bio-methane
- Integration of renewable energy and energy efficient intelligent building technologies
- Developments in transparent solar panels
- Customer engagement
10. ENERGY TRANSITION, DECARBONISATION, ESG & SUSTAINABILITY
- Decarbonisation and carbon capture solutions in the utilities industry
- CO2 emission reduction, utilization, carbon credit, and carbon market (supply and demand)
- Power plant emission and pollution control systems, reducing carbon footprint
- Management of brine discharge and sludge disposal
- Circular Economy: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Renew
- UN sustainable development goals
- Biodiversity and ecosystem conservation
- Decarbonisation and energy transition, energy mix, clean energy business models
- Carbon credits
- Tackling land and water contamination
- Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
- Sustainable procurement
12. OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
- Improving utilisation of resources
- Intelligent automation and the role of technology to achieve operational excellence
- Resilient workforce technologies and strategies
- Business process and re-engineering
- Operations excellence 4.0: challenges, innovative solutions, and best practices
- Improving asset integrity
- Challenges, technologies, and innovative practices
- Energy optimisation and transition
- Cost optimisation
- Advancements in asset maintenance strategies, managing asset life extension, improving reliability
- Six sigma methods and applications
- Intelligent automation and technology’s role to achieve operational excellence
- Lean operations
- Autonomous and remote operations
- Maintenance 4.0 challenges, technologies, and innovative practices
- Asset performance 4.0 and facility management
- Improving operating efficiency
- People development and mobilisation
- Workforce of the future
Dr. Afif Saif Al Yafei
CEO
Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company (TRANSCO)
Hebah Abbas
Chairwoman
Kuwait Water Association
Dr. Yacine Addad
Deputy Director - Emirates Nuclear Technology Center, Associate Professor - Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering
Khalifa University
Dr. Corrado Sommariva
CEO
Sustainable Water & Power Consultants (SWPC)
Randheer Singh
Founder and CEO
ForeSee Advisors
Maximilian Kuhn
CEO
HyStandards GmbH
Eng. Doreb Ebrahim
Chief Executive Officer
Enertech Middleast FZ LLC
Simon Bartmann
Co-CEO
Bullfinch Asset AG
Aftab Raza
CEO
FynValue Inc.
Ferdinand Varga
Managing Director & Senior Partner
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Imteyaz Ahmad
Managing Director
Future Water and Power Consulting (FWPC)
Khalid Oumejjoud
Managing Director
PSM Thomassen Gulf
Antonio Di Cecca
Chief Operating Officer
Tabreed
Daxita Rajcoomar
Chief Sustainability Officer
ENGIE
Moinak Banerjee
Co-founder and Head of Products
Solinas Integrity Pvt Ltd
Thomas Altmann
Executive Vice President, Innovation & New Technology
ACWA Power
Giampietro Sanna
SVP Digital Transformation
Injazat
Peter Elder
Vice-President and Chief Science Officer
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Secil Torun
Vice President - Engineering and Technical Project Management
ENGIE
Sabooh Asghar
Vice President - HSEQ
National Central Cooling Company - Tabreed
Maarten Ter Keurst
Managing Partner
Natural Ventures
Katarina Uherova Hasbani
Partner and Global Director of Strategy and Advisory
AESG
Serge Braz
Business Development ME
EDF
Anes Dallagi
Abu Dhabi Manager Power System & Transmission Engineering
EDF CIST
Chris Larsen
Senior Director, Clean Energy
Dynapower
Nada Abubakr
Middle East Lead – Global Water Practice
Ricardo PLC
Dr. Amber Bullen
Technical Director – Wastewater, Engineering Services
AtkinsRéalis
Cedric Carretero
Technical Director
Dalkia Middle East
Julio De La Rosa Jurado
Regional Director
Acciona
Imad Saket
Director, Engineering and Construction, MEA & APAC
Jinko Power (HK) Company Limited
Dr. Mohamed Dawoud
Advisor for Water Resources, Environment Quality
Abu Dhabi Environment Agency
Biren Gandhi
Global Energy and Utilities Practice Leader
IBM Consulting
Dr. Satish Balantrapu
Principal Consultant
Infosys
Siddharth Saboo
EMEA Energy Lead
AWS
Ian Rodgers
Product Manager Assessment Services - Digital Solutions
Xylem Inc.
Anousha Khan
Energy Sustainability Consultant
Insight Plum
Joseph Elbasha
Water and Waste Water Segment Consultant, MEA
Schneider Electric
Rui De Sousa
Principal, Industry & Value Advisor, Middle East & Africa South
SAP
Mohamed Sayed Taha
Projects & Technical Consulting Manager
Enppi
Antonio Valentin Diaz
Head of Project Delivery
EDF Renewables Middle East
Cristopher Sagar
Head of Middle East Nuclear & Net Zero Energy
WS Atkins & Partners Overseas - Abu Dhabi Branch
Khaled Gamal
Head of Sales, Digital Grid, MEA
Schneider Electric
Ismail Serhan
Head of Heat Exchanger Business MEA
Danfoss
Malik Benameur
Head of Digital solution
Dalkia Middle East
Hervé de Trémiolles
International Development Manager
EDF/CSFN
Nathan Paterson
Senior Programme Lead – Supply Chain
World Nuclear Association
Buket Guner
Investment Manager
EDF
Milton Dasgupta
Project Manager - Middle East & Asia
Wärtsilä Energy
Lina Hijazi
Proposal Manager
Masdar
Ines Dassonville
District Cooling Manager
Dalkia Middle East
Veronique Verrier
Data Scientist & Project Manager
ENEDIS
Giriraj Rathore
Senior Business Development Manager, Energy Storage and Optimisation
Wärtsilä Energy
Dr. Bouhadjar Ahemed Seddik
Electrical Engineering Lead
Siemens Energy
TECHNICAL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Monday 16 September 2024
Tuesday 17 September 2024
Wednesday 18 September 2024
10:00 - 11:30
SESSION 1: SMART GRIDS - ENHANCING RESILIENCE AND EFFICIENCY
CHAIRS:
Eng. Doreb Ebrahim , CEO , Enertech Middleast FZ LLC
Rui De Sousa , Principal, Industry & Value Advisor, Middle East & Africa South , SAP
Optimising approaches to grid balancing under varying output of large scale photovoltaic plants
Harry Apostoleris Researcher DEWA R&D, United Arab Emirates
Economically complying with grid codes for PV plants by enhancing inverter capability
Waqas Hussain Business Development Manager Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen, United Arab Emirates
An AMI solution developed and operated by a DSO, to unlock the full potential of smart meters
Maher Aboujaoude Tech Lead of Innovative Analytics ENEDIS, France
Advancing grid stability and efficiency: An extensive examination of the Volt-VAR Management System (VVMS)
Canan Şişman Korkmaz R&D Inavitas, Turkey
10:00 - 11:30
SESSION 2: EXPLORING NEW ENERGY SYSTEMS
CHAIRS:
Dr. Corrado Sommariva , CEO , Sustainable Water and Power Consultants (SWPC)
Malik Benameur , Head of Energy & Smart Solutions , Dalkia Middle East, Saudi Arabia
Beyond surface: exploring KSA's geothermal opportunities and challenges
Mohamed A. AlEmam Manager, Business Development EDF, Saudi Arabia
PV recycling and solar waste management in Dubai
Krishiv Gandhi Researcher - Energy Systems DEWA, United Arab Emirates
Evaluating grid technologies for utility net zero
Abhishek Kar Head- Strategy & Sustainability Siemens, United Arab Emirates
The H2 battery by water stuff - paving the way for a quantum leap in the hydrogen eco-system
Thomas Kom CEO Water Stuff & Sun GmbH, Germany
11:30 - 13:00
SESSION 3: ADVANCEMENTS IN POWER GENERATION R&D
CHAIRS:
Dr. Yacine Addad , Deputy Director, Emirates Nuclear Technology Center, Associate Professor, Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering , Khalifa University
Milton Dasgupta , Project Manager - Energy Business , Wartsila
Hybrid machine learning forecasting for grid-connected solar power plant
Ameera Almarzooqi Power Protection Engineer TRANSCO, United Arab Emirates
Deposits in steam turbines and GT’s compressors – unwanted expensive factor. Full restoration of steam and gas turbines efficiency by removing deposits with deep chemical foam cleaning
Wojciech Majka CEO, President of the Board Ecol Sp. z.o.o., Poland
Integrating multiple renewable energy sources with machine learning and deep learning for enhanced efficiency and profitability
Ayushya Verma Senior Software Developer K.M. Williams and Associates LLC, India
Path of construction of light water reactor based nuclear power plant in India – a case study
R S Prasad General Manager Engineers India LTD, India
11:30 - 12:50
SESSION 4: ADVANCES IN DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT STRATEGIES
CHAIRS:
Nada Abubakr , Middle East Lead – Global Water Practice , Ricardo PLC
Dr. Mohamed A. Dawoud , Senior Water Advisor , Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi
BFP filtration - a replacement for chlorination/dechlorination in RO pre-treatment
Martin Stahl Area Manager E+B Umwelttechnik GmbH, United Arab Emirates
Enhanced Integrated Network Planning (eINP): A strategic framework for optimising utility operations
Asim Khan Water Production Planning Lead EWEC, United Arab Emirates
Decoupling of water production and electricity generation from GDP and population in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries
Dr. Shayma AlBannay Grid Sustainability Section Manager ADDC, United Arab Emirates
14:00 - 15:30
SESSION 5: BUILDING SUSTAINABLE SMART COMMUNITIES AND INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE
CHAIRS:
Randheer Singh , Founder & CEO , ForeSee Advisors
Lina Hijazi , Proposal Manager , Masdar
Transforming industrial cities into smart hubs: a case study of modon's smart industrial cities program
Mohammed Tantawi Head of Business Innovation Giza Systems, Saudi Arabia
Strategic vision for electric vehicle infrastructure in a fast-changing landscape
Maher Aboujaoude Tech Lead of Innovative Analytics ENEDIS, France
The road not taken? the role of behaviour in the energy transition
Dr. Malek Al-Chalabi Continuing Member University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Transformative Innovations in Sanitary Waste Management: the Promise of Sanitary Waste Recycling Destruction Technology (SWRDT)
Iram Maimuna CEO E Waste Social Pvt Ltd, India
14:00 - 15:30
SESSION 6: HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE: FROM INNOVATION TO IMPLEMENTATION
CHAIRS:
Secil Torun , Vice President - Engineering and Technical Project Management , ENGIE
Khalid Oumejjoud , Managing Director , PSM Thomassen Gulf LLC
Assessing the financial viability of green hydrogen projects in the GCC
Tarek Fawzy Lead Energy Market Analyst Energy Exemplar, United Arab Emirates
Ansaldo green tech’s contribution to energy transition: a comprehensive look at AEM electrolyzer technology deployment
Luca Rofi Hydrogen Program Manager Ansaldo Green Tech, Italy
Hydrogen storage using LOHCs systems
Mohamed Nasser Senior Chemist ETHYDCO, Egypt
Re-evaluating economics and performance metrics in the context of circular business models and decarbonisation endeavors
Cornelia-Dana Toropoc Senior Advisor Economics MEA OTNV, Australia
15:30 - 17:00
SESSION 7: EMPOWERING UTILITIES THROUGH AI, DATA ANALYTICS, AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
CHAIRS:
Dr. Yacine Addad , Deputy Director, Emirates Nuclear Technology Center, Associate Professor, Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering , Khalifa University
Siddharth Saboo , Energy Lead, EMEA , AWS
A decade of digital transformation from electro-centric to data-centric distribution company
Maher Aboujaoude Tech Lead of Innovative Analytics ENEDIS, France
Optimising gas storage portfolios via deep reinforcement learning
Alex Gardner Senior Risk Quantification Specialist Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC), United Arab Emirates
Leveraging artificial intelligence for industrial process design optimisation in power generation and green e-fuel synthesis
Olivier Moreau Commercial Director Electricité de France (EDF), France
Corrosion identification using deep learning for cooling system corrosion monitoring at Veolia
Suchitra Saxena Lead Engineer Veolia Water Technologies and Solutions, India
Tackling OT cyber threats in the era of generative AI
Tahir Saleem Sr. Specialist - OT Security DEWA, United Arab Emirates
15:30 - 17:00
SESSION 8: ENHANCING ASSET PERFORMANCE AND MANAGEMENT
CHAIRS
Ian Rodgers , Product Manager Assessment Services - Digital Solutions , Xylem Inc
Katarina Uherova Hasbani , Partner and Global Director of Strategy and Advisory , AESG
Determination of asset useful life and efficient maintenance decision making for better asset performance management
Balasubramanian Nainar Specialist / Operation Technology Transco, United Arab Emirates
A DSO-oriented tool for optimised network planning
Maher Aboujaoude Tech Lead of Innovative Analytics ENEDIS, France
Cable differential protection scheme for 11/22/33kV cable feeders by using one differential relay (instead of 2 relays) with the help of CT merging unit only at the remote
Sajid Ahmed Mohamed Abdul Kader Senior Studies and Protection Engineer ADDC, United Arab Emirates
10:00 - 11:30
SESSION 9: UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF ENERGY STORAGE AND EMS
CHAIRS:
Giriraj Rathore , Strategic Market Development - Energy Storage & Optimisation , Wärtsilä Energy
Simon Bartmann , Co-CEO , Bullfinch Asset AG
Evaluating renewable energy - storage systems for green hydrogen production
Israa Alshaer Project Engineer ILF Consulting Engineers, United Arab Emirates
Potential and feasibility of large scale pumped storage in middle east
Thomas Pinchard Senior Hydropower Specialist EDF, France
Large scale energy storage using gaseous hydrogen
Rhodliza Talatala Senior Document Administrator AtkinsRéalis, United Arab Emirates
Voltage regulating distribution transformers as the new standard in public grids for economically integrating renewable energy and new loads at distribution level
Waqas Hussain Business Development Manager Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen, United Arab Emirates
12:00 - 11:00
SESSION 10: PATHWAYS FOR DECARBONISATION
CHAIRS:
Daxita Rajcoomar, , Chief Sustainability Officer, Asia, Middle East, Africa , ENGIE
Antonio Valentin Diaz , Head of Project Delivery – Middle East , EDF Renewables Middle East
An update on the role of gas-turbines in a net zero energy system
Cristopher Sagar Chief Engineer AtkinsRéalis, United Arab Emirates
UAE net zero pathway
Omar Hatoum Lead Energy Analyst GE Vernova Consulting Services, UAE
Decarbonising existing gas turbine power generation infrastructure - combustion system retrofits for clean hydrogen utilisation and carbon footprint reduction
Jeffrey Benoit VP, Clean Energy Solutions PSM – a Hanwha Company, United States
Balancing plants with the power of green engines
Ulrich Voegtle Vice President Business Development and New Solution Management MAN Energy Solutions, Germany
11:30 - 13:10
SESSION 11: UNVEILING THE POWER OF DIGITAL TWINS, IOT, AND CONNECTED PERFORMANCE
CHAIRS:
Ian Rodgers , Product Manager Assessment Services - Digital Solutions , Xylem Inc
Mohamed Sayed Taha , Projects & Technical Consulting Manager , Enppi
Using edge analytics & digital twin to optimise pump system performance & efficiency
Matt Rolls Vice President Business Development Specific Energy, United Kingdom
Digital twin for the water industry: how an interoperable tool landscape paves the way for a sustainable future
Mahesh Shanthan Regional Head for Water Vertical Siemens Industrial LLC, United Arab Emirates
Digital twin & internet of Things (IoT) application for connected performance in Brownfield EPC projects
Abdus Samad Sr. Process Designer NMDC Energy, United Arab Emirates
A pioneer implementation of industrial internet of things
Abdullah Abaoud Engineer IV Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Automate quality and safety process in Marafiq through vyntelligence digital platform
Majdi Alharbi Superintendent - Power Operation Power Generation Marafiq, Saudi Arabia
11:30 - 13:00
SESSION 12: UTILISATION OF HYDROGEN FOR POWER GEN AND AUTOMOTIVE
CHAIRS:
Chris Larsen , Senior Director - Clean Energy , Dynapower
Cristopher Sagar , Chief Engineer , Atkins, UAE
Gas pipelines – the pathway to make hydrogen accessible and affordable
Mohit Raj Business Advisor - MD & CEO Office Pipeline Infrastructure Limited, India
100% hydrogen gas turbine full scale validation test outcomes and results
Serena Gabriele Turbomachinery Hydrogen Platform Manager Baker Hughes, Italy
The path to decarbonisation through re-electrification of green hydrogen: focus on green hydrogen production
Daniel Schwappach Head of Sustainable Energy Systems Siemens Energy, United Arab Emirates
PtX products
Ulrich Voegtle Vice President Business Development and New Solution Management MAN Energy Solutions, Germany
14:00 - 15:30
SESSION 13: WATER TREATMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
CHAIRS:
Dr. Amber Bullen , Technical Director – Wastewater, Engineering Services , AtkinsRéalis
Hebah Abbas , Chairwoman , Kuwait Water Association
Dynamic criticality assessment method for secure short-term operational plans in water systems
Abdallah Elbashatli Water Operations - Planning Engineer EWEC, United Arab Emirates
Improving water security – insights from testing Australia's town and city water security framework
Joseph Lorimer Associate Director Ricardo, France
Strategic pipeline alliance (SPA)- transmission main - Anglian water UK - deliberately delivering differently
Rhodliza Talatala Senior Document Administrator AtkinsRéalis, United Arab Emirates
A strategic water reserve for emergency water supplies in in Abu Dhabi
Dr. Mohamed Dawoud Senior Water Advisor Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
14:00 - 15:30
SESSION 14: MODERNISATION STRATEGIES AND INNOVATIONS IN POWER SYSTEMS
CHAIRS:
Lina Hijazi , Proposal Manager , Masdar
Imteyaz Ahmad , Managing Director – Power and Water , Future Water and Power Consulting (FWPC)
Design criteria for the conventional power island of small modular reactors
Marco Cioffi Product Manager Ansaldo Energia, Italy
Research update on engineering and construction innovations
Hasan Charkas Senior Principal Manager (Advanced Reactors Engineering) Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), United States
Optimal design of hybrid solar power systems: a case study in the Chinese industry
Gabriele Furlan Project Engineer Sbp Sonne, Germany
Development of a cloud-based fleet-wide settlement solution for SEC
Josef Petek Manager Commercial Operations ENEXSA GmbH, Austria
15:30 - 17:00
SESSION 15: OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE 4.0
CHAIRS:
Hervé de Trémiolles , International Development Manager , EDF / CSFN
Siddharth Saboo , Energy Lead, EMEA , AWS
AI-driven transformation: shaping the future of operational excellence, workforce management, and cost efficiency
Ayushya Verma Senior Software Developer K.M. Williams and Associates LLC, India
Smart maintenance of high voltage underground cables
Sultan Al Katiri Senior Cables Engineer TRANSCO, United Arab Emirates
Operational excellence - a path for sustainable and continuous refinement
Praveen Ashokan Manager - Global Fleet Management ENGIE, United Arab Emirates
Enhancing production facilities productivity through Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) approach
Mohamed Hamdallah Power Generation Manager TAQA Arabia - Power Group, Egypt
15:30 - 17:00
SESSION 16: INTEGRATED SAFETY CULTURE
CHAIRS:
Sabooh Asghar , VP-HSEQ , Tabreed
Eng. Doreb Ebrahim , CEO , Enertech Middleast FZ LLC
Perspectives for senior power & utilities leaders on the imperative to rapidly transform their management of critical operational risks
Ahmad Alhonjol Principal dss+, United Arab Emirates
Chemical free & environmentally friendly technique to eliminate the interference of dissolved oil from produced water chemical analysis
Faisal Al Shehri Technical Advisor Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Safety by design engineering of transformers with embracing new concepts in utility specifications
Mahendar Chidaboina PT Application Engineer Hitachi Energy India Ltd, India
The future of civil defense: embracing AI responders for enhanced emergency management
Khaled Al Atrash Technical Operation Expert Civil Defence, United Arab Emirates
10:00 - 11:20
SESSION 17: ADVANCING TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS
CHAIRS:
Dr. Bouhadjar Ahemed Seddik , Electrical Engineering Lead , Siemens Energy
Imteyaz Ahmad , Managing Director – Power and Water , Future Water and Power Consulting (FWPC)
Utilities require a paradigm shift in managing their supply chains for building the electricity grids for the energy transition
Martin Hoegel Partner & Director Boston Consulting Group (BCG), United Kingdom
Statnett's initiative to implement digital substations in the Norwegian power grid
Nargis Hurzuk Technology Responsible Substation/ Project Manager- R&D and Innovation STATNETT, Norway
A proposed framework for lifecycle management of legacy substation protection and control systems: a case study of transmission substations in UAE
Vinay Sardana Senior Power System Engineer TRANSCO, United Arab Emirates
Technical feasibility and dynamic stability assessment of fully-islanded power networks for large-scale green hydrogen production
Sohail Mian Director Power Systems Blake Clough Consulting Middles East LLC-FZ, United Arab Emirates
12:00 - 11:30
SESSION 18: SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE RECOVERY
CHAIRS:
Hebah Abbas , Chairwoman , Kuwait Water Association
Julio De La Rosa Jurado , Regional Director , Acciona
Carbon net-zero wastewater treatment
Rhodliza Talatala Senior Document Administrator AtkinsRéalis, United Arab Emirates
Onunda technology converts bioresources into three valuable products: syngas, phosphorous-rich biochar, and nutrient-rich liquor
Paul Marsh Country Manager Onunda, United Arab Emirates
Water demand management based on water consumption data analysis in the emirate of Abu Dhabi
Dr. Shayma AlBannay Grid Sustainability Section Manager ADDC, United Arab Emirates
Knowledge, attitudes, skills, and aspirations of farmers in Abu Dhabi and western Australia on groundwater management: a comparison study
Yusri Alyaarbi Senior Water Sustainability Engineer ADDC, United Arab Emirates
11:30 - 13:00
SESSION 19: BALANCING COMPLIANCE, INNOVATION AND SECURING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
CHAIRS:
Biren Gandhi , Global Energy and Utilities Practice Leader , IBM Consulting
Khaled Gamal , Head of Sales - Digital Grid, MEA , Schneider Electric
Navigating the regulatory landscape: impact of cybersecurity regulations on the utility business
Mohamed Fahmy Cyber & Protective Security Section Manager TRANSCO, United Arab Emirates
Sustainable use and supply of water and power
Mehryar Entezari Lead Customer Value Advisor - SAP Signavio SAP, United Arab Emirates
New cyber-attack, data security and OT/IT convergence challenges for transmission and distribution system operators (TSOs and DSOs)
Florian Kolb CCO & General Manager Energy Intertrust Technologies, United States
Autonomous flying robots for sewer digitalisation
Fran Espada CEO Hovering Solutions, Spain
Powering energy transition: securing OT transformation in power and utilities through cloud enabled edge computing and network modernisation
Deependra Singh Shekhawat Energy Industry Specialist Amazon Web Services, Australia
15:30 - 17:00
SESSION 20: GRID INTEGRATION AND DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
CHAIRS:
Dr. Satish Balantrapu , Principal Consultant , Infosys
Anousha Khan , Energy Sustainability Consultant , Insight Plum
Towards carbon-neutral cities: a framework for integrating building retrofitting, microclimate design, and progressive urban energy policies
Hamsah Khalil Climate Change and Sustainability Senior Manager ESAC Group, United Arab Emirates
Driving energy efficiency in Abu Dhabi's Industrial Sector: a journey towards decarbonisation through collaborative energy management
Shaikha Al Yahyaee DSM Engineer ADDC, United Arab Emirates
Identification of major power interconnections to valorise untapped RES potential around Middle-East
Nicolas Chamollet Power System and Energy Markets Expert Electricité de France (EDF), France
Considering the benefits of enabling cultural change in electricity “demand side response” in support of the energy transition in Abu Dhabi
Ahmad Alhonjol Principal dss+, United Arab Emirates
14:00 - 15:30
SESSION 21: MAXIMISING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND INNOVATIONS IN COOLING SYSTEMS
CHAIRS:
Antonio Di Cecca , Chief Operating Officer , Tabreed
Cedric Carretero , Technical Director , Dalkia
Smarter pricing unlocks customer & system benefits
Sarthak Sunil Ganpule Senior Consultant Guidehouse, United Arab Emirates
Enhancing efficiency and operational excellence in district cooling systems: performance measurement and optimisation strategies
Marc Hager CTO Naotilus GmbH, Germany
Phase changing material (PCM) application in cooling related energy saving & energy efficiency
Balazs Kovacs International Sales Heatventors, Hungary
14:00 - 15:30
SESSION 22: WORKFORCE OF THE FUTURE
CHAIRS:
Biren Gandhi , Global Energy and Utilities Practice Leader , IBM Consulting
Rui De Sousa , Principal, Industry & Value Advisor, Middle East & Africa South , SAP
Digital asset management - cultural shift required to maximize impact
Ahmad Alhonjol Principal dss+, United Arab Emirates
Empowering workforce for operational excellence: cultivating communication, engagement, and growth for streamlined success in business expansion
Muhammad Younus Shahzad Assistant Manager Engro Powergen Qadirpur Ltd, Pakistan
The tailor-made transition and handover process: enhancing organisational agility
Ankit Bisht Engineer Emaar, United Arab Emirates
Assessment of the African Network of Centers of Excellence in Electricity
Alexis Rechain Managing Director Str@tec-arc, Cote d'lvoire
14:00 - 15:30
SESSION 23: INNOVATIONS POWERING THE ENERGY SECTOR
CHAIRS:
Peter Ondko , Associate Director , Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Buket Guner , Investment Manager , EDF, UAE
Revolutionising power generation: harnessing the winds of change with innovative turbine technology
Bilal Ahmed Officer Operations Engro Powergen Qadirpur Ltd, Pakistan
Leveraging IoT, AI/ML, and cloud technologies for accelerating global energy transition through virtual power plants and flexibility services platforms
Deependra Singh Shekhawat Energy Industry Specialist Amazon Web Services, Australia
Energy storage valuation framework: To be utilized before adoption of storage for grid
Avanthika Satheesh Director - Emerging Tech MENA Customized Energy Solution, United Arab Emirates
A novel prototype of water lifting pump to save energy and improve efficiency of power utilisation
Mohammed Shaker Engineer Atlas, Egypt
15:30 - 16:50
SESSION 24: ENABLING A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRANSITION
CHAIRS:
Mohamed Sayed Taha , Projects & Technical Consulting Manager , Enppi
Ismail Serhan , Head of Heat Exchanger Business - MEA , Danfoss
Carbon credit trading scheme and its applicability in energy intensive industries
Geetali Kalita Head-ESG Numaligarh Refinery, India
Exploring the role of transformers in the circular economy
Mohamed Elfayoumy Application Engineer Hitachi Energy LLC, United Arab Emirates
Regulatory challenges, strategies and measures support implementation of utilities net zero ambitions
Alex Oeser Vice President TAQA, United Arab Emirates
A comprehensive analysis of global energy transformation and its utility industry implications
Manas Joshi Manager TATA Power-DDL, India
I was honoured to be part of the technical committee of the World Utilities Congress in Abu Dhabi and to co-chair the Technical Conference. This event was also a fantastic opportunity to hear from government ministers, policymakers, and industry leaders on energy strategies.
Hervé de Trémiolles
International Development Manager
EDF / CSFN
I had the opportunity to speak at the Technical Conference about district cooling and it was a truly enriching experience. The event brought together leading experts and professionals from the utilities sector in UAE and worldwide.
Antonio Di Cecca
Chief Operating Officer
tabreed
The World Utilities Congress brought together many of the important players in the energy sector at a time of great importance leading up to COP28 in UAE. The Technical Conference enabled the cross-pollination of ideas and opportunities to collaborate on the pressing industry challenges.
Nathan Paterson
Senior Programme Lead – Supply Chain
World Nuclear Association
